This interdisciplinary cluster is ideal for intended majors in Media Studies, Psychology, and Rhetoric.
Course Information
ANTHRO 3AC 001: Introduction to Social/Cultural Anthropology (American Cultures), 4 Units
- This course may satisfy prerequisites for Psychology, Media Studies, Anthropology, and Interdisciplinary Studies Field.
- This course meets the American Cultures requirement and Social & Behavioral Sciences, L&S Breadth.
- Schedule: TR 11:00 AM -12:30 PM; Discussion W 10:00-11:00 AM
GEOG 50AC 001: California, 4 Units
- This course may satisfy a prerequisite for Geography.
- This course meets the American Cultures requirement and the Social & Behavioral Sciences, L&S Breadth.
- Schedule: TR 12:30-2 PM; Discussion M 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
RHETOR 10 001: Introduction to Practical Reasoning and Critical Analysis of Argument, 4 Units
- This course may satisfy a prerequisite for Rhetoric and Media Studies.
- This course meets Philosophy & Values, L&S Breadth.
- Schedule: TR 2:00-3:30 PM; Discussion F 9:00-10:00 AM
Course Descriptions
- ANTHRO 3AC 001: Introduction to Social/Cultural Anthropology (American Cultures), 4 Units
The structure and dynamics of human cultures and social institutions from a comparative perspective with special attention to American cultures and their roots. Case studies will illustrate the principles presented in the course. It fulfills the requirements for 3. - GEOG 50AC 001: California, 4 Units
California had been called “the great exception” and “America, only more so.” Yet few of us pay attention to its distinctive traits and to its effects beyond our borders. California may be “a state of mind,” but it is also the most dynamic place in the most powerful country in the world, and would be the 8th largest economy if it were a country. Its wealth has been built on mining, agriculture, industry, trade, and finance. Natural abundance and geographic advantage have played their parts, but the state’s greatest resource has been its wealth and diversity of people, who have made it a center of technological and cultural innovation from Hollywood to Silicon Valley. Yet California has a dark side of exploitation and racialization. - RHETOR 10 001: Introduction to Practical Reasoning and Critical Analysis of Argument, 4 Units
This course will chart the multiple meanings of “reason” in modern thought, beginning with Descartes and Hobbes, and ending with an investigation of contemporary concepts of reason and intelligence, and their relationship to technology, Readings will include texts from Descartes, Hobbes, Kant, Peirce, Turing, Stiegler and others.
